Variations on a Trend in Public Education: How Schools are Chartered in Eleven States and in the Russian Federation.

Weiss, Abby R.

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ERIC Number: EJ492369

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Publication Date: 1994

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Variations on a Trend in Public Education: How Schools are Chartered in Eleven States and in the Russian Federation.

Weiss, Abby R.

New Schools, New Communities, v11 n1 p10-20 Fall 1994

Provides details of the approval and renewal-revocation process for 11 different charter-school programs in the United States and the charter-school scheme of the Russian Federation. The authors also report on three New England schools that have no charter but manage to find ways to neutralize the inhibiting influence of bureaucracy. (GLR)

Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Governance, Program Evaluation, Public Schools, School District Autonomy, School Districts, State Legislation

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Russia; United States

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